Summary of Findings

In 1992, 20.6 thousand persons were employed in Hawaii's manufacturing
establishments. This figure represented a decrease of 7 percent from the
1987 figure of 22.2 thousand workers.

The total value added by manufacture for the State amounted to $1.6 billion
in 1992. This figure, along with all dollar figures in this report, are at
prices current for the year specified and, therefore, are unadjusted for
changes in price levels. Consequently, when making comparisons to prior
years, users should take into consideration the inflation that has
occurred.

In the State, the leading industry groups ranked by employment were food
and kindred products, printing and publishing, apparel and other textile
products, and lumber and wood products. This represents a shift from 1987
when food and kindred products, apparel and other textile products,
printing and publishing, and stone, clay, and glass products were the
leading industry groups.

The counties in the State ranked by employment were Honolulu, Hawaii, Maui,
and Kauai.

Single-establishment companies with up to 20 employees (cutoff varied by
industry) were excluded from the mail portion of the census. The data for
these establishments (and a small number of larger establishments whose
reports were not received at the time the data were tabulated) were
obtained from administrative records of other agencies or developed from
industry averages. For this State, these establishments accounted for 14
percent of the total value of shipments.